Appium Inspector shows only one element for the whole screen

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Hi,

When I inspect my iOS app with Appium Inspector, the whole screen appears as a single XCUIElementTypeOther. I can’t see individual buttons or input fields, so tapping/locating elements separately is not possible.

Environment: iOS / Appium 3.0.1 / Inspector 2025.8.1 / XCUITest

Question:
Is there any Appium setting to fix this, or does the app need proper accessibilityIdentifier for each element? Any workaround besides coordinate tapping or image recognition?

I checked similar posts on the forum but couldn’t find a clear solution. Sometimes I’m redirected to GitHub issues, and from there back here again :sweat_smile:

Thanks!

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I too got same problem. Looking for help.

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Gentlemen! The only way here is talk with app developer to solve this issue. Appium sees what native XCUITest expose. Similar you should see with xCode inspector.

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Thank you, got some idea with your comments.